{"id":36877,"date":"2024-10-05T06:36:25","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T10:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/china-open-coco-gauff-through-to-final-after-beating-paulo-badosa-in-beijing-tennis-news\/05\/10\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-10-05T06:36:26","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T10:36:26","slug":"china-open-coco-gauff-through-to-final-after-beating-paulo-badosa-in-beijing-tennis-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/china-open-coco-gauff-through-to-final-after-beating-paulo-badosa-in-beijing-tennis-news\/05\/10\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"China Open: Coco Gauff through to final after beating Paulo Badosa in Beijing | Tennis News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Coco Gauff is through to the final of the China Open after coming from a set down to beat Paulo Badosa in Beijing on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Gauff, the former US Open Champion, was troubled by double faults early in the match but recovered to defeat the Spaniard 4-6 6-4 6-2.<\/p>\n

She will play either Zheng Qinwen or Karolina Muchova in Sunday’s final, with the second semi-final taking place later on Saturday, live on Sky Sports<\/em>.<\/p>\n

“It was a tough match, I just tried to stay focused,” said Gauff. “Mentally I tried to reset. I got down a couple of times but I tried to bounce back.”<\/p>\n

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Badosa broke Gauff twice in the second set and looked poised to progress herself when doing so again at the start of the second set. She almost then built a 4-1 lead before the fourth seed saved four break points to hold.<\/p>\n

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A confident Gauff would not lose another game in the set as she seized the momentum before a decider.<\/p>\n

In the third set, the 20-year-old broke twice to build a 4-1 lead and wouldn’t be stopped from there.<\/p>\n

“I’ve had tough opponents the whole tournament,” she added. “Happy to be in the final.”<\/p>\n

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